The president was very enthusiastic about this idea, very enthusiastic. The plan would be one of the biggest federal investments in housing in 50 years if it comes to fruition. Mamdani's team presented Trump with a custom fake front page of the New York Daily News reading Trump to City: Let's Build and Backs New Era of Housing, referencing the famous 1975 front page where President Ford rejected New York's bailout request.
Kobakhidze underlined this moment by telling journalists that "there was a period of limited communication (between Georgia and the EU) and it seems our European partners were eager to restore ties with Georgia."